The first mistake we all make in this is to get carried away by advertising and it also happened to me when I hired my first hosting a decade ago. I hired a brand that "sounded a lot" to me because it came out in advertisements in all kinds of media and because it was very cheap & the problems started. The problem was overloaded servers and unskilled support personnel for the task.
The 10 most important criteria (in my opinion) in which you should set when choosing a hosting service are:
The 10 most important criteria (in my opinion) in which you should set when choosing a hosting service are:
- That they offer you the Money Back Guarantee.
- That support PHP and MySQL (and with updated versions).
- Load speeds and availability rates. A "normal" site should get charging time around 1 second and availability rates of 99.9% or more.
- Sufficient server power (at the level of CPU, RAM and disk speed).
- Support and customer service.
- Specialized support for applications according to your specific needs (WordPress, Joomla, Drupal, Prestashop, Magento, etc.).
- Security benefits. Above all, the frequency of backup copies (should be minimum daily) and security against hackers.
- Disk space and transfer (bandwidth).
- Limitations on the number of domains, databases and email accounts
- Special offers for the first contract (discount coupons)